Posts Tagged ‘Economy’

Should Labour join the UK government ?

Should Labour join the UK government ?

It’s bad and getting worse each day. So let’s find some radical answers.

Ed Miliband’s not dangerous – we are

Ed Miliband’s not dangerous – we are

David Cameron’s conference speech will be better received than Ed Miliband’s, and forgotten far sooner

Wales finally in the zone

Wales finally in the zone

The announcement a week ago to create Enterprise Zones in Wales is welcome – but does not serious scrutiny, argues her new Shadow Minister

How about letting the dust settle?

How about letting the dust settle?

Following yesterday’s demolition of Gordon Brown here on WalesHome, another editor provides a defence of his premiership – and a damning indictment of how we remember our immediate past

Europe’s reluctant saviours

Europe’s reluctant saviours

From the ashes of the Second World War and in spite of the division of the Iron Curtain, Germany remains Europe’s leading economic power. But it marks a special anniversary of the Berlin Wall with searching questions about its future and that of the Eurozone’s

Tinkering or fixing?

Tinkering or fixing?

Welsh economic development minister Edwina Hart is expected to announce a programme of work for her department this autumn, including some expected changes to the Economic Renewal Programme. Will it focus on the right areas?

Size isn’t anything

Size isn’t anything

Adam Price’s recent study of the performance of small states sets out to demolish one bone-headed axiom, but merely ends up replacing it with another

A new definition of sustainable

A new definition of sustainable

We need to move long-term wealth creation businesses away from the here-today, gone tomorrow enterprises that are increasingly coming to dominate our economy

A route to recovery

A route to recovery

The sun is in the sky, and a Conservative hopeful shares his party’s vision of the optimism needed in his electoral region

12 reasons why we are headed back into recession

12 reasons why we are headed back into recession

We’re all feeling the squeeze, and it won’t get better any time soon, as these factors demonstrate

Cardiff

Cardiff

The first 3 pieces in this series were on London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Now it’s back home to Cardiff. Can it compete as a economic city ? Or should it not even try ?

How to get the cranes moving again

How to get the cranes moving again

Its unveiling has led to the bitterest Labour-Plaid infighting since the One Wales coalition, and claims of a “sham divorce” between the two parties. But Build for Wales demonstrated Plaid’s commitment to delivering economic renewal through infrastructure improvement – and how it can be paid for